The Relationship between Perceptions of Neighborhood Characteristics and Obesity among Children

Bisakha Sen, Stephen Mennemeyer & Lisa C. Gary
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Copyright 2011
ISBN 9780226310091
Economic Aspects of Obesity
Book: Economic Aspects of Obesity
Book editors: Michael Grossman & Naci H. Mocan
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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  • Bisakha Sen, Stephen Mennemeyer, and Lisa C. Gary, Economic Aspects of Obesity (University of Chicago Press, 2011), chap. 6, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/economic-aspects-obesity/relationship-between-perceptions-neighborhood-characteristics-and-obesity-among-children.

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